In 2009, a Kuwaiti diplomat trafficked Ramos-Pradel to the US. The Mauban, Quezon native said she worked as a cook, housekeeper, nanny for five kids, and washed clothes for the diplomat’s whole family.

For six months, she served her employer 20 hours a day for seven days a week, but the diplomat at the Kuwaiti Mission to the United Nations paid her only 69 cents an hour, with no overtime pay and no days off.

The 53-year-old Ramos-Pradel escaped her abusive employer in 2012 through the help of Damayan Migrant Workers Association, an organization of mostly Filipino domestic workers helping other workers like her.

Damayan also plays a big role in reuniting Filipino families especially those who are victims of human and labor trafficking.

Damayan officials said their assistance does not stop when families are reunited. It only means there is more work to be done, especially with the family’s integration process – from teaching them how to navigate their way around their new home, to finding which schools to send their kids to and how to find jobs.

"Parang slowly transitioning them to their new lives as immigrants in the US," said Damayan’s Ria Ortiz